Early-Career Environmental Scientist - Contaminated Land, Brisbane

• Great opportunity to join our long-established Contaminated Land Group
• Enjoy mentoring and access to our senior specialists
• Diverse projects and learning opportunities across multiple sectors and clients

Tetra Tech Coffey provides high-end environmental, geotechnical, digital, and engineering design consulting services in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. Every day, our people come together to solve complex challenges for our clients.

About the role

As an early-career professional, you’ll work alongside our team of experienced environmental professionals who are dedicated to helping you grow and succeed. You'll gain hands-on experience in site assessment and remediation of contaminated land sites and developing essential skills in client engagement, proposal development, and project management.

You’ll work on a diverse range of exciting and challenging contaminated land projects across multiple industries including Defence, Mining, Oil & Gas and Government.

This is a great opportunity to grow a rewarding career in a global consultancy that values innovation, collaboration, and excellence in environmental solutions.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct fieldwork for a variety of contaminated site investigation and remediation projects, including soil, groundwater, surface water, and ground gas sampling.
• Observe, guide, and document site remediation activities to ensure compliance and effectiveness.
• Manage, interpret, and ensure the quality of data through rigorous quality assurance and quality control processes.
• Assist in writing proposals, project correspondence, and technical reports to communicate findings and recommendations effectively.

About you

To thrive in the role, you should ideally demonstrate the following:

• A degree in Environmental Engineering, Environmental Science, or Geosciences.
• A minimum of 12 months gained in contaminated land fieldwork.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, enabling you to convey complex information clearly and effectively.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with a collaborative team-oriented mindset.
• Genuine enthusiasm for producing high-quality work that delivers practical solutions for our clients.
• A commitment to maintaining high health and safety standards for yourself, your team, and any contractors involved.
• Willingness to undertake remote fieldwork.
• Permanent residency in Australia.
• An unrestricted Australian driver’s license.

If you’re keen to build your specialist consulting career and contribute to meaningful environmental projects, we’d love you to apply!

You’ll enjoy these benefits:

• Work-Life balance: We help you create space for other important aspects of your life with flexible work arrangements, study breaks, and leave purchase plans, allowing you to enjoy up to 8 weeks of annual leave per year!
• Diverse project opportunities: Work on a wide range of projects across various clients and sectors, keeping your experience fresh and engaging.
• Professional growth: Access ongoing development opportunities, including coaching from our approachable technical experts and support for professional memberships.
• Employee ownership: Participate in our employee stock purchase plan and share in the company’s success.
• Paid parental leave: Enjoy paid parental leave for both primary and secondary caregivers.
• Wellbeing support: Access our Employee Assistance Program (EAP), available to all staff and their immediate families.

About us

Tetra Tech Coffey provides high-end environmental, geotechnical, digital, and engineering design consulting services in Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea. Every day, our people come together to solve complex challenges for our clients.

With over 30,000 Tetra Tech colleagues across 550 offices globally, we deliver projects that improve lives through science, technology, and innovation.

Our commitment to creating lasting, measurable value is reflected in our global 1 Billion People Challenge, which tracks how our 100,000+ annual projects benefit people and communities around the world.